Sentences starting similarly! Titillating titles! Alliteration abounds!
Okay, I won’t keep that up forever. But, alas, this is our last time together this year in FanDuel land. I know, I’m tearing up, too. Hopefully you’ve made some money, or at least had some fun.
Please, blog, may I have some more?We’re back for Week 2 of the Bet the Farm Playoff Challenge! Which is… what, exactly? The perfect chance for all you degenerates to get your fix without hurting your wallet! Here’s how the game is played:
- Each week we’ll list the current point spread and total for each playoff game when this goes live.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Quarterback for 2012 was the best of times and at times it was the worst of times. And how many times can you say ‘times’ without your audience getting annoyed? This is a question I at times ask myself. But enough about that, for every value play, there seemed to be an equal and opposite punch to the protective cup and even with those value plays, there were plenty that left their owners disappointed when the playoffs finally hit. In either case, the season is now over so I’ll be revisiting my rankings and projections for the top 20 quarterbacks for 2012 and comparing them to how they did for the year. Since we don’t yet have a player rater on the football side like baseball does, I’ll be utilizing yahoo for my final rankings because that’s where I play all my leagues and I’m too lazy to do anything else. Hopefully we have our own player rater in place for the 2013 season, perhaps one that makes me 100% right. But enough about my hopes and dreams, on with the show. Here’s the top 20 quarterbacks for the 2012 fantasy football season…
Please, blog, may I have some more?Let me be the first one to tell you that as much as I try and keep up, I’m not usually a trendy person. If you took a look at my CD collection, you wouldn’t notice many new artists. In fact, me saying I have a CD collection already proves just how untrendy I am. Get with the digital world, Sky! Well, there are certain trends I do pay attention to and it’s how players are doing in the fantasy world and an alarming one has happened over the last 4 weeks for Peyton Manning owners. Sure, on the season he’s still the 7th best QB to own according to yahoo and he no doubt is a huge reason you’re still reading about fantasy football because his numbers have been so great for such a cheap draft price. But over the last few weeks, Peyton is getting outpaced by Sam Bradford and I had to rethink how we should view him in a week that could have Denver up big early. With Trent Richardson trending downward as the season wears on – only 28 yards last week – and Brandon Weeden throwing into a tough Bronco secondary, real football might trump your fantasy football world and turn Manning into what he has been the last two weeks: a hand the ball off quarterback. Am I saying you should sit him? Nah, he’s still my 12th best guy on the board. I’m simply saying I’m not expecting the world outta him and I don’t know if you should either. In other ideas that are against the grain, Steve Smith has been on a roll with Cam Newton and I like that trend to continue to the tune of WR1 status for the week while I think Dez Bryant and his finger don’t warrant WR1 status despite the sweet Saints matchup. Oh and fumbles make Belichick mad so I couldn’t put Stevan Ridley anywhere near RB1/RB2 circle of trust this week. If you wanna be mad at me for it go ahead, but I suggest you do something more constructive like send Stevan some Elmer’s for his hands. And with that, let’s get to the rankings for what is – for many – championship week…psyche! I wanted to let you know since there’s no Thursday Night Football tonight, I won’t be the first post you see Friday morning. Instead it will be our on-staff doctor as Andrew Nordmeier provides some insight to the bumps and bruises heading into the weekend. If ya need me, I’ll still field questions on this post so fear not! Just come on by and I’ll be here to answer. And with that let’s really get on with this weekly rankings for 2012 fantasy football…
It feels weird making Montell Owens a suggestion. I mean, he’s been the starter for Jacksonville for the last couple of weeks, there are no signs we see Maurice Jones-Drew at any point for the rest of the season and Rashad Jennings has done nothing to prove he deserves more than a bit role when he fully recovers from his concussion. However, facts are facts. Montell is still owned in only 27% of yahoo leagues and only 11% over at ESPN and I’ve never seen a starting RB I didn’t like. Well, there’s Michael Turner but that’s for an entirely different post. What I see is a flex play in a playoff week where anything goes. The studs that got you to week 16 could be sitting in week 17. I remember the one year I played the championship in week 17 because I accidentally didn’t set it correctly for week 16 before the season started. I won because I picked up the 43 yards, 4 receptions and the touchdown Jerheme Urban brought to the table that week. Don’t know who that is? Good, you shouldn’t. Welcome to what David Bowie no doubt was singing about. Week 17 is all about the guys who don’t start typically but are going to get the snaps to prove they should at least make the team’s practice squad the next year. So with that, let’s take a look at just a few more week 17 heroes for 2012 fantasy football…
Please, blog, may I have some more?Bet the Farm is Razzball’s weekly wagering column. Josh Carey and Zorboss compete against your picks in the comments. The rules?
- You start off with $1,000 (and can start playing along in the comments any time you want – even now)
- Every bet must be an increment of $10 up to your full bankroll ($1,000 or maybe more)
- You can bet on the over/under or spread for any NFL game (Yahoo Sports’ Odds page is a good place to pick your lines)
- Win, add $9 to your total for every $10 bet (you have to beat the rake).
At this time of year, everyone’s hurt. And the like the saying runs, “If you’re not hurt, you’re not playing.” You can imagine all the haggling with the insurance companies that the Doc has to do with these injury reports.
Let’s take a look at who’s all banged up and how they will impact you in your quest for fantasy victory.
Please, blog, may I have some more?It doesn’t matter who’s on your fantasy team, the Broncos/Raiders is going to be the game to watch. This is a relatively nightmarish matchup on both sides of the ball, but not exactly for the reasons you’d expect. Sure, The Broncos’ pass defense has been on of the best recently, but that didn’t stop Heyward-Bey from getting 82 yards and a score. Sure, he scored in the 4th quarter when The Broncos were really just looking to keep the clock running, but still…he scored. An Oakland Raider has scored on The Broncos. The Broncos are not impenetrable.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Don’t worry, this isn’t an American Literature class. I won’t be quoting Ken Kesey to you and expecting you to get the reference. Namely because I never read it, though I’m sure I should’ve after treating wikipedia like my personal cliff’s notes. But it is a great way to introduce a guy that we here at Razzball have been all over since day one, nay day zero. It all started a couple of weeks ago when I said ‘hey, you know the playoffs are starting soon. Maybe you have an open spot on your bench for a possible upside play in light of the Willis McGehee injury’. And thus, Razzball lust for Knowshon Moreno had begun.
Please, blog, may I have some more?It was looking like a lost season for Pierre Garçon and his owners just a few weeks ago. After starting the season with a 4 catch 109 yard performance with a touchdown in the first quarter against New Orleans, plenty of fantasy owners who jumped on him late as a WR3 had to become completely elated. Here was a wide receiver who’d put together solid seasons with Peyton Manning at the helm in Indianapolis, a man who’d just finished of a 70 catch, 950 yard season with guys like Curtis Painter throwing to him. The sky was the limit with RGIII leading the offense. But then, the sky started falling. A little tumble that he took into coach Shanahan in that first half made him sit out the second half. He then proceeded to miss the next two games but returned with hope renewed against one of the weakest secondaries in fantasy football in the Buccaneers. So when he only caught 1 pass for 20 yards, we owners out there had started to worry. After another clunker the following week, Pierre was shut down until late November and had become nothing more than an FA that you used to know. All reports kept saying there would be no time table and that he wasn’t going to play until his plantar tear in his right foot was good enough to go. So when he finally returned against a weak Eagles defense – 3 receptions for 5 yards – it was most likely the final nail in the fantasy coffin for Pierre owners. But somehow, Pierre has found the health and the spark to re-ignite that je ne sais quoi we all saw early in the season. Over the last two weeks, Pierre has played as a top ten receiver and there’s no reason to think – health permitting – he won’t keep at that pace for the rest of the season, regardless of matchup. If I wax ecstatic any more, I’ll start rapping in French about him. The blessing in disguise about all this 2012 fantasy anguish is his WR1 status is going to be masked going into 2013. Don’t believe me? I specifically learned that weird squirrel tail on the ‘c’ of his last name because I think I’ll be writing it plenty moving forward. You see me putting umlauts on Todd Marinovich? Hrm, he doesn’t have any umlauts on his name…but he should! But without further ado, let’s take a look at some other players of note from week 13 Monday Night Football for the 2012 fantasy football season…
Robert Griffin, III - Even when he fumbles, he helps the Redskins score. As Gruden puts it, ‘the magic of RG3′ or as I like to put it ‘Gruden is a blonde’. Overall, it was a solid performance as his rushing game – 72 yards on 5 carries – saved his mediocre passing stats of 163 and a TD. The 4th quarter turned into clock management as the Redskins weren’t in a shootout or down two touchdowns as they normally are so plenty of handoffs were made. Sorry, reality is gonna wreck your fantasy sometimes. This ain’t Madden folks; you don’t go for a touchdown with under 4 to play when you have a 1 point lead in the real world.
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